Yet, it is stunning to hear the President talk of protecting religious liberty outside the United States, while at the very same time his Administration challenges and chips away at our religious liberty right here at home. Once again, there is a Grand Canyon sized difference between what this President says and what he does.

On Thursday evening, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal delivered a speech on the “Silent War” against religious liberty in America. Jindal criticized the Obama administration, liberal elites, the HHS Mandate, and the infringement experienced by such businesses as Elane Photography, a business facing civil fines for refusing to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony. It’s a welcome exception to the sight of national leaders increasingly unwilling to address religious liberty for fear of pushback by liberal interest groups.

Jindal delivered some hard-hitting one-liners aimed at the Obama administration and liberal elites. A few highlights of the lines designed for maximum impact:

• “It is unmistakable that most of the Obama Administration’s attacks on religious liberty are aimed at conservative Christians.”
• “Our religious liberty must in no way ever be linked to the ever-changing opinions of the public.”
• “Make no mistake: the war over religious liberty is the war over free speech, and without the first there is no such thing as the second.”
• “The government doesn’t get to decide who can preach the gospel.”

Jindal urged national and state lawmakers to be vigilant against attacks on religious liberty and to pass legislation that protects the conscience of America’s faithful citizens—regardless of creed.

Jindal finished his remarks drawing attention to the remarks of President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast. The President’s remarks were well received, according to most, but bordered on myopic and contradictory by others because of the policies emanating from the White House, such as the HHS Mandate. According to Jindal,

Last Thursday, exactly one week ago, something truly bizarre occurred.

The person who is at the tip of the spear prosecuting this quiet war on religious liberty spoke at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. The topic he chose to speak about was defending religious liberty.

I was stunned, and I bet the President of Hobby Lobby, who was in the audience, was stunned as well. Yes, President Obama did wax eloquent, as he always does, about the horrors of religious persecution that are occurring beyond our borders. And good for him.

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